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Historical Event on 2/23/1946
Some 300,000 Indians joined in anti-British demonstrations today in the wake of yesterday's violent riots in the city of Bombay. Indian Navy rebels. A day of terror and rebellion saw Indian Navy members turn against their British officers firing machine guns.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/23/1946 | While returning to his country, Timur Lung looted and destroyed Delhi and parts of North India including Hardwar, the Ganga pilgrimage town, and crossed Sindhu River. |
| 10/19/1983 | Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends. |
| 6/12/1894 | Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born. |
| 1/1/1997 | 30-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect. |
| 9/7/1998 | Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order. |
| 7/3/1927 | A. Neelameghan, librarian, was born at Ootacamund in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/1/1995 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"". |
| 3/31/1843 | Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first musical playwright of Marathi, was born. |
| 1/26/1965 | Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India. |
| 2/25/1886 | Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', social reformer and famous Gujrati litterateur, passed away. |
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